Books - Goddess & Myth

The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden: Understanding the Wounded Feeling Function in Masculine and Feminine Psychology
by Robert A. Johnson (Author)
The Tale of Cupid and Psyche: An Illustrated History by Sonia Cavicchioli - review says richly illustrated - originally $75 in 2002

EUROPE:
The White Goddess - Robert Graves
Mary Mackey - The Year The Horses Came

The Grail Legend - Emma Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz
The Real Camelot: Paganism and the Arthurian Romances - John Darrah
The Pagan Dream of the Renaissance - Joscelyn Godwin
-The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley - King Arthur retold woman's pov

Patricia Kennealy-Morrison ---- King Arthur myth retold
Keltiad: Tales of Aeron
-- The Copper Crown - 1984
-- The Throne of Scone (A Book of the Keltiad, Vol 2) - 1986
-- The Silver Branch - 1988

Keltiad: The Tales of Arthur:
-- The Hawk's Gray Feather (Tales of Arthur, Vol I) - 1991
-- The Oak Above the Kings (Tales of Arthur, Vol 2) - 1994
-- The Hedge of Mist (Tales of Arthur, VolI 3) - 1996

-- Blackmantle: A Triumph - 1997

-- The Deer's Cry - 1998

Guenevere: Queen of the Summer Country
The Maid of the White Hands : The Second of the Tristan and Isolde Novels
The Child of the Holy Grail: The Third of the Guenevere Novels
- Rosalind Miles

Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer - Brian Bates --- mixed reviews - hmmm
The Castaneda-like novel responsible for reawakening interest in the ancient form of European shamanism called the Way of Wyrd.
Based on actual documents from the British Museum, this compelling tale reveals a modern-day relevance in an ancient way
of living in touch with nature and the spiritual dimension.

Parzival - Wolfram von Eschenbach: (includes the Grail King Anfortas) - early 1200s
an Arthurian romance completed in the first years of the thirteenth century, is one of the foremost works
of German literature and a classic that can stand with the great masterpieces of the world.

Mysteries of (Celtic) Britain - Lewis Spence
The Magic Arts of Celtic Britain - Lewis Spence
Druidism in the Cosmic Age (East West Journal)
Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries - Evans Wentz
Celtic Myth & Arthurian Romance - Roger Sherman Loomis 1927
Irish Fairy & Folk Tales - W.B. Yeats (NY: Modern Library)
Myths & Folk-lore of Ireland - Jeremiah Curtin (Boston: Little, Brown & Co 1890)
The Cuchullin Saga in Irish Literature - Eleanor Hull (London 1898)
Candle of Vision - A.E. Yeats
W.B. Yeats
Mysterious Britain - Janet & Colin Bord

The Painted Caravan , by Basil Rákóczi, 1954

Tarot / more
How to Read Tarot Cards - Doris Chase Doane, King Keyes
The New Palladini Tarot - David Palladini (Creator)
Aquarian Tarot: Jeu De Tarot De 78 Cartes Colorees Avec Livret D'Instructions - David Palladini (Creator)

The Book of Thoth - Aleister Crowley (NY: Samuel Weiser 1969)
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early 20th century:
The Golden Dawn Society:
W.B. Yeats, Arthur Machen, A.E.Waite, Bram Stoker (Dracula),
Aleister Crowley (Astreum Argentum = Silver Star / O.T.O. = Ordo Templi Orientalis ---------------- karezza
1911 Crowley libel suit stemming from allegations of sodomy
Francis King: Sexuality, Magic & Perversion
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The Female Hero in Folklore & Legend - Tristram Potter Coffin (NY: The Seabury Press 1975)
Woman's Mysteries - Mary Harding (NY: Pantheon 1955)


[from Intaglio Prints Based on Myths & Symbols - Agneta N. Jackson, June 1971]:
Whittick: Symbols, Signs & Their Meanings
Robinson: Myths & Legends of all Nations
Eliade: Myth & Reality
Rudolf Koch: The Book of Signs
Zimmer: Myths & Symbols in Indian Art & Civilization
x Ions: Indian Mythology
x Frazer: The New Golden Bough
Lommel: Pre-Historic & Primitive Man
E. A. Wallis Budge: The book of the Dead, The Papyrus of Ani, Amulets & talismans, Egyptian Magic, Osiris

The Green Face - Gustav Meyrink (Das Grune Gesicht)
saw in: The Morning of the Magicians - Pauwels & Bergier

Fragments of a Faith Forgotten - G.R.S. Mead --- Gnosticism

The Secret of the Golden Flower
Hermes Trismegistus: The Secret Doctrine
x Metzner: Maps of Consciousness
Christopher Isherwood
The Kybalion by Three Initiates (Yogi Publication Society 1930)
William Blake
Gods from the East - Henriette Mertz
The Royal Hordes: Nomad Peoples of the Steppes - Eustace Dockray Phillips
The Mongols - Eustace Dockray Phillips
Looking For Dilmun by Geoffrey Bibby (1970)

Robert Graves (The Song of Songs)
Golden Bough
King Jesus
Mammon & the black goddess
The Anger of Achilles (NY: Pyramid Books 1966) - Homer's Illiad

The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft - Ronald Hutton

How to Turn Your Ex-Boyfriend into a Toad & Other Spells For love, wealth, beauty & revenge -Deborah Gray & Athena Starwoman

by Luisah Teish
Jump Up: Good Times Throughout the Seasons with Celebrations from Around the World (2000)
Carnival of the Spirit: Seasonal Celebrations and Rites of Passage (1994)
Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals (1988)

The Eye Goddess by Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford - early goddess symbols

The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structures of Alchemy by Mircea Eliade (Forgerons et alchemists - Paris 1956)

Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion (Mythos Books) by Jane Ellen Harrison (see Campbell: Masks of God Oc p17)

The Mabinogi, and Other Medieval Welsh Tales by Patrick K. Ford (Editor)

Marie Louise von Franz - The Feminine in Fairytales / & / Puer Alternus

Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650-1815 by Allan I. Ludwig (Wesleyan Univ Press) - winged skull motif

MOON,MOON by Anne Kent Rush (Random House 1976)

by Zsuzsanna E. Budapest (Author)
Grandmother Moon : Lunar Magic in Our Lives--Spells, Rituals, Goddesses, Legends, and Emotions Under the Moon (1991)
The Grandmother of Time: A Woman's Book of Celebrations, Spells, and Sacred Objects for Every Month of the Year (1989)
The Goddess in the Bedroom : A Passionate Woman's Guide to Celebrating Sexuality Every Night of the Week
(1995)
The Goddess in the Office : A Personal Energy Guide for the Spiritual Warrior at Work (1993)

ONE RIVER by Wade Davis -
see: Gateway of the Clashing Clouds (page 61)

G. Rachel Levy: The Gate of Horn: A Study of Religious Conceptions of the Stone Age and Their Influence upon European Thought
Carl Kerenyi: The Mysteries of the Kabeiroi (also wrote: Eleusis / & / Dionysos)
Bachofen: Myth, Religion & Mother Right
The Mothers: The Matriarchal Theory of Social Origins by Robert Briffault ,
Tammuz and Ishtar by Stephen Langdon
Lady of the Hare, Being a Study in the Healing Power of Dreams by John W. Layard
The Mystery of the Serpent by Hans Leisegang - in Joseph Campbell, ed: The Mysteries (1955)
Amor and Psyche (Mythos Books) by Erich Neumann
Art and the creative consciousness by Graham Collier
The Meaning of the Eleusinian Mysteries - Walter Otto - in Joseph Campbell, ed: The Mysteries (1955) --- http://alexm.here.ru/mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/148.html

NO - Story of the Irish Race by Seumas Macmanus (1920s - not a good history book) (early work, many errors)

The Historical Map of History - Rand-McNally

Celtic Consciousness by Robert O'Driscoll (Photographer) (NY: George Braziller 1981 $40)

The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion, and Power in Celtic Ireland by Mary Condren (saw in KPFA schedule)

The Great Cosmic Mother : Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth by Monica Sjoo & Barbara Mor (Harper & Row 1987 - PB $16.95)
Drawing Down the Moon - Margaret Adler
Dreaming the Dark - Starhawk
The Goddess & Gods of Old Europe - Gimbutas
Lady of the Beasts: Ancient Images of the Goddess and Her Sacred Animals by Buffie Johnson
Return of the goddess by Edward C. Whitmont (NY: Crossroad 1986 - PB $11.95)
Women of the Celts by Jean Markale (Vermont: Inner Traditions 1972 - PB $12.95) - from the French

Gods and Heroes of the Celts (Celtic Studies) by Marie-Louise Sjoestedt (Turtle Island Books) - Padraigin McGillicuddy highly recommends
Celtic Mysteries: The Ancient Religion (Art and Imagination) by John Sharkey ("superficial, but richly illustrated")

Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus by Alain Danielou (Harper & Row $8.95) - WER Summer 1990 - p124
and see many other books by Alain Danielou

Lady of the Beasts: Ancient Images of the Goddess and Her Sacred Animals - Buffie Johnson - have NYT review Feb 1989
Persuasions of the Witch's Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England - T. M. Luhrmann - have NYT review June 1989

The Pagan Book of Days: A Guide to the Festivals, Traditions, and Sacred Days of the Year by Nigel Pennick

The Irish Celtic Magical Tradition by Steve Blamires - see reviews (they like it, although its not Irish but Hermetic magic)

The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso

Uppity Women of Medieval Times by Vicki Leon (i.e. Chiyome, a rent-a-ninja entrepreneur in 16th cen Japan / Ana de Osorio, Spanish noblewoman
who brought quinine from Americas / Walladah al-Mustakfi, the Gertrude Stein of Moorish Andalusia

The Transcendent Child: Tales of Triumph Over the Past by Lillian B. Rubin

The End of the Novel of Love by Vivian Gornick